Abortions Fall to Lowest Point Since 1970s

The number and incidence of abortions in the U.S. fell in 2011 to the lowest point since the 1970s, a new survey of American providers has found.

Some 1.06 million abortions were performed in 2011, down from 1.21 million in 2008, according to data collected by the Guttmacher Institute, an organization that supports abortion rights but produces data cited by both sides of the abortion debate. Those figures represent a continued...